Francis "Frank" Armstrong (3 October 1839 – 15 June 1899) was the fifth mayor of Salt Lake City, serving from 1886 to 1890.

Early life and career

Armstrong was born in

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on 3 October 1839. His family migrated to Canada in 1851 in

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. Armstrong went to the

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in 1858 where he worked in a saw mill. He became friends with

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, one of the

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for the

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. Armstrong moved to Utah in 1861. He married his first wife Isabella Siddoway on 10 December 1864, and they resided in

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permanently. He also polygamously married Sarah Carruth in 1870 and Maren Jensen in 1887. Armstrong was elected as Mayor of Salt Lake City in 1886.

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